Open Hi-Hat can no longer be heard when creating a second Drumset stave with only Pedal Hi-Hat notes
I make a lot of music with musescore and I run into this problem really often.
When creating a second stave on a drumset, some notes from the first stave can no longer be heard for no apparent reason. An example is when I have Open Hi-Hats on the first stave, then Pedal Hi-Hats on the second stave, and then the Open Hi-Hats can no longer be heard.
I have an example attached.
Comments
What happens if you add the second stave to the same drum instrument?
The foot-pedal turns off the open hi-hat. And this is what is expected. //Because you added a second stave to the same instrument. Hi-hat cannot be open and close at the same time.
If you have two hi-hats (one for a teacher, one for a student, or each for a separate drummer) you should use two separate instruments for this. So you have two separate channels and they work independently of each other.
In reply to What happens if you add the… by Ziya Mete Demircan
This does indeed seem to be true, but it surprises me that MuseScore - or the soundfont - is that smart. Is there really something in there that deliberately prevents these two sounds from happening at once? I get that it's physically impossible for a real single hi-hat. But probably someone in the world has a drum kit with two hi-hats (jazz version of the two-bass pedal setup, maybe!)
In reply to This does indeed seem to be… by Marc Sabatella
I'm surprised too, but I think MuseScore should give you the option to play "impossible notes".
In reply to I'm surprised too, but I… by iirzd
Sounds like this is a feature of the soundfont, not of MuseScore. So if you prefer to be able to notate impossible things and hear the playback that would have resulted were it not impossible, it should be possible with an alternate soundfont :-)
In reply to This does indeed seem to be… by Marc Sabatella
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In reply to This does indeed seem to be… by Marc Sabatella
Some instruments are set as exclusive-class in the soundfont.
What's in the GS Standard Drumset:
Pedal, Open and Closed Hi-hat = exc 1
High and Short Whistle = exc 2
Short and Long Guiro = exc 3
Open and Mute Quica = exc 4
Open and Mute Triangle = exc 5
Open and Mute Surdo = exc 6
Scratch, push and pull = exc 7
In reply to Some instruments are set as… by Ziya Mete Demircan
This has been defined for convenience, in accordance with the nature of some instruments. Otherwise you couldn't turn off the open hi-hat and the pedal, closed and open hi-hat sounds would overlap. Likewise , there would be problems playing the open and closed triangle .
In reply to What happens if you add the… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Thanks, this worked!
Delete the pedal hi-hat notes that happen at the same time as the open notes. You can write all the notes on one staff. I might use closed hi-hat instead of pedal. Yes, you have to close the hi-hat, but the player is always hitting it on every 8th note.